Wow it got dark fast. Was 90+ and humid about a hour ago, now its 85 and thunder bumpers are booming. No rain yet, but it’s obviously on the way.
T’was hot at the school today. I hate it when I drip sweat on my glasses. Still no progress on the boat building for the museum project. Grrrr. Committees are so annoying.
I think I’ve made a good start on the new phone, but I’m not impressed with the selection of ringtones. It’ll take a bit to get used to the ones I picked - specifically what’s friends/family, what’s businesses, and what’s ignorable. But I did get the widgets for contacts set up and my wallpaper is Tobias and Roxy at the pool! It’s a start!
I ordered a cover and it will arrive Wednesday. The rest of today will be dedicated to reading and chillage. Then tomorrow I’ll do some cleaning before the travelers return.
The house has been closed and the a/c is on. Dammit. Stoopit heat.
Seriously!!!
Which you will have richly deserved! I read further and am happy to hear that Shadow didn’t crap in the carrier. I had one who puked every time and yeah…ick…
I hope you had a wonderful time and were able to decompress just a little.
I went to Boise in July and it was horrible. I can’t imagine how bad it was for folks further north.
Besides all that, I don’t know that I’d want to live in the home I’d shared with my SO and all the memories. Or maybe I wouldn’t be able to leave them.
I guess none of us really knows what we will do when the time comes.
I hope the evening goes as well as always.
Are there geese? One job was close to a golf course and I’d go and park under a tree overlooking the pond at lunch. I’m pretty sure the geese were considered to be one of the course hazards because the golfers were much more afraid of the geese than the geese were of their golf clubs.
There is a golf course down the road that has trees. I would have thought that trees would be pretty dangerous, but I see folks in golf carts every time I go by.
Golfers are their own special kind of crazy anyhow. I don’t even try to figure out how they think anymore.
Ummmmm, well, yanno, maybe not. As he stopped being able to shoot the .45s he started buying 9mms. I think he’s got several pocket .22s now as well.
I do kinda consider it to be an investment. In these unsettled times, quality guns tend to appreciate if they have been properly cared for and ours are. He even has all of the original boxes and documentation which makes a big difference as far as resale is concerned.
Because most of the guns were in hard cases, only three were damaged. Dad made a walnut case for his M1 with a hand rubbed finish. I treasure that case as much as the gun. The case was damaged. I know most folks would say that the case did it’s job, but i’m still upset over that.
Hubs was in the Auto body repair business for all of our married life and knows the ins and outs of insurance. He also still has friends in the business. He had the car towed to a body shop in the valley who are so backed up that they won’t be able to even do an estimate for a couple of weeks. (They did cheerfully tear it apart to help him find all of his guns, no charge.)
We are entitled to a rental car until our car is repaired or officially totaled out, so he will have the rental long enough to come home. The insurance company will squawk about the mileage, but they are required to make us whole and this happened during a highly documented cross country move.
Once he gets here, we will be fine with one car for a while.
Thanks. He has promised to spend a day just resting before heading home which will help. He can’t stay at the house, there is no furniture anymore so he has a room at a motel down the road. He is freaking out about spending more money on the room (like we should be quibbling about a hundred bucks in moving expenses at this point in time, right?) so my BFF has invited him to stay in her guest room. She says if he does, she will put Kitty in his room and close the door. He’ll sleep much better with a cat on the bed.
BBBoo, I agree with you and the others, being outside of a car getting smooshed is MUCH better than being inside of one. Dang about your Civic, I hope that ordeal wasn’t horrible.
That is so funny! I sure hope she doesn’t call 911 for you!
It isn’t officially summer yet yanno! Welcome and who’s that handsome pupper in your pic?
Did you do it without hearing protection? They shouldn’t have done that, prolonged noise at those levels can cause hearing damage.
Every I’ve had one, they’ve put hearing muffs on me as I slid into the tube. After the first one I also brought my foam earplugs as well.
It is painful for me to lay on my back, so they use all sorts of foam pads to position my legs and hips so I can complete the test and walk out on two feet.
Poor girl. Can you put fans in the barn, or would that be a hazard? Not a horse person so I don’t have any idea if that would be a good idea or a bad one.
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Well, you’ll have to click. Lucas is the blonde boy, Cole is the black pittie. Such sweethearts.
He’s a sensitive soul…
Drizzle some balsamic vinegar over it and I’ll bet it would be pretty good.
I will certainly be adding that to my lexicon!
You are so right. The idea of moving to a big city terrifies me. Heck, I left an area of 5000 people for a town of less than a thousand. I’ve worked in big cities but never even considered living in Phx or San Bernardino, it was just too big and chaotic and peopley.
We missed you!!!
Congrats on the gig! I’m so happy that you are able to get back to doing something you love 
Poor lil guy. I’m glad he’s feeling better
I have a tablet with a broken screen for the same reason. The replacement is bigger and nicer, but the games didn’t transfer and, well, like you, it was just easier to have both of them.
Oh thank goodness. I’m so sorry it came at such a bad time, just not fair at all!
I’ve learned that if you go into something thinking it will be fun, it will! I’m pretty sure that homes and businesses in Illinois also have AC, so bring a jacket.
That is absolutely the worse! Even worse that committees!
I hope it is nicer tomorrow.
Well, boo. Clicking didn’t work and copy and paste took me to Google photos but I don’t have an account. Lucas does look like a sweetiepie
So the double posting is because Hubs called. The house is empty and he lost his good charging cords with the car. He has settled down a whole lot, the poor guy was so frustrated last night.
So, today started out embarrassing. I gathered up proof of residency (deed and two letters addressed to me) and went to the library. The nice library lady said she couldn’t give me one because they were out of cards and weren’t sure when they would get more. She suggested that when I next went into Logan (the next town over), I get a card there because I could use it for both libraries. She also said that I didn’t need to bother bringing all that stuff, they would have just had me fill out a form cause nobody lies about living in Logan county.
I asked if I could use a computer to print out a needlepoint pattern without a card and she said yes, so as I was waiting for the comp to wake up, I remembered that I only had a few dollars cash so I asked if they took plastic. No, no they didn’t. Well dang, I knew I was going to need at least three more dollars but also knew that I had a handful of quarters in the car, so knew I could pay for my patterns.
I told the library lady that I was going to go out and dig through my console for the other 3 dollars I was going to need, went out, grabbed the change and came back to the comp to see a 20 dollar bill sitting on the keyboard.
The library lady told me that it had come from the other lady on the computers. She knew that I was just printing patterns, and choose to make such a kind gesture.
I asked the library lady if she knew who the lady was and she lied (badly) to me which was disappointing because I need some stitching buddies. I don’t think anyone who wasn’t a stitcher would donate for pattern printing.
I did some grocery shopping and saw frozen crab cakes as well as frozen lobsta cakes. I think I’m going to like it here a whole lot.
And now Hubs on the phone again.
Moving just sucks.
Howdy Y’all! Home from men’s night over to the church house. We had a good crowd and much merriment ensued. As usual, we solved all the world’s problems, but alas, no one ever listens to us, so the problems go on and on. Such is life, I reckon.
There are a buncha posts since this mornin’, but I am not up to readin’ or answerin’ at the moment as da bear has a slight buzz. I shall endeavor to do so tomorrow. I feel the need for some Netflix and chill with cookies and then sleepy time.
Nitey Nite Y’all!
All I can say is holy mother lovin’ shit! He may be able to rent a suitable vehicle on U-Haul / bad driver’s insurance dime. U-Haul actually does rent pickups.
Stay safe and keep the bug out bags packed.
Were they damaged? As a musician, I know the sick feeling when your instruments get dinged.
I laughed at this harder than I should have. Nelson has been known to give my tablet a lick when it’s claiming too much of my attention, but licks are nothing compared to some of the insurance claim phones with teeth marks I’ve seen come through our facility.
Irked, came home (in 97F temps, no less), walked Nelson, made him a scrambled aig (he’s not eating a lot of kibble. He’s still scarfing treats, but he needs something more substantial), fixed and et supper and am chilling a bit before bed. Such excitement!
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
The fish is in the oven. I repeat: The fish is in the oven.
I guess the countersign is “My dog is a weimaraner”?!
Having done the smooshed while inside, the next two totaled Civics didn’t bother me that much. The smooshed while inside one (the first late, lamented Civic) gave me the TBI which comes with a side order of amnesia so I don’t remember anything for about 36 hours after the smoosh. I do remember the accident investigator a week later telling me “that car gave its life for you”. The (still) infuriating thing is the moron who rear-ended me on the interstate on Christmas Eve threw his scuffed plastic bumper cover to the side of the road and drove on home to enjoy Christmas in Colorado, probably to never think of what he’d done again. He was driving a humongous Tahoe and was stupid enough to tell the police officer “my dog was in the back seat whimpering and I just turned around to give her a drink of water”. Probably 20 exits within 5 miles and he has to give his dog water at 65 miles an hour in a snow storm. I can only hope the reckless driving citation cost him points on his drivers license and I’m darn sure the $80,000 of my medical expenses his insurance had to pay is going to jack his insurance up for a decade.
When the settlement check for the totaled Civic came I bought a two years younger Civic to replace it. A sweet Civic sport, pearl white hatchback. 3 weeks later, parked in front of my house, totaled in the middle of the night before I even had registered it-still had the paper plates. I was fast asleep in my bed, no doubt with a Siamese snuggled under the covers.
4 years later the same thing happens. Nice, very low mileage crimson pearl Civic Lx sedan totaled at 9:30 in the morning, parked in the same spot. I’m inside in my bathrobe drinking my sacred cup of coffee. A kind neighbor heard the crash and knocked on my door while the young driver was still standing dazed in the street.
Very rattled young man told the police officer “my phone fell on the floor, I just looked down for a split second to pick it up”. His mother who owned the car and paid the insurance was not amused when she was called to the scene to show proof of insurance. I wouldn’t want to be paying his insurance til he’s 25 either.
I finally got the message and got a vintage, venerable but much higher mileage Suburu Outback. Why tempt Fate? Still have to park it in the same spot though. I think some neighbors may be running book on how long this one stays unsmooshed. Im 0 for 3 with Hondas.
So glad hubs has your friend to take such good care of him. A bedroom with a kitty companion is right up there with deluxe resort. About now I’d be thinking of sending her a piece of your beautiful needlework and some cookies as a thank you.
My phone case will arrive on Weds. Meanwhile, I have to be careful. Roxy wants my old phone. Hahahahaha!
Less than 24 hours and my sweetie will be home. Huzzah! I no longer like living alone. It was fun 45 years ago. Now not so much.
Thus endeth my day.
Much reading of library books ensued.
Now its dinner time-spaghetti noodles with butter, parmesan and peas.
Then off to watch the new episode of KillTony.
Distracted drivers kill and maim on a daily basis. It’s horrible. I really do wish that they got more than a hand slap when they have maimed or killed someone.
I won’t talk to anyone if I know that they are on their phone. I don’t care if it is hands free, it is still a distraction. I hang up on my own mother, don’t doubt that I’ll hang up on anyone else!
We had much fun picking colors and threads and patterns for her girly room. She wanted to make it so girly that her husband wouldn’t come in, much less try to store more drums in it. Lace and satin and silk and pink and so girly.
Didn’t work, so she took my advice and bought a bunch of fake flowers and decorated the drums all girly too. That worked, no more drums in her room.
(I had to do that with the Harley in the living room, it’s amazing how well it works and so funny about how offended they get.)
Today I had an appointment with the retinal doc. I could read almost all of the 20/20 line! The tech was amazed. I used to loathe eye charts. Now I love 'em! My eye pressure was good, so I asked the doc if I could just use one glaucoma med instead of two. Nope. Oh, well, I can see! Actually, they dilated my eyes, so the walk/bus ride home were kind often dicey, but I made it. 6.5 miles.
doggio, as soon as I saw the thread title, I knew who’d penned it. Nice work! Hope you didn’t melt today.
Oh, my! I hope they weren’t damaged!
Because it was a tiny little voice?
I bet FCD is every bit as eager to see you.
VanGo, congrats on being done with the school stuff.. Did you crank up the Alice Cooper song?
Sorry about the quiz, Coppertone.
Your definition of “cozy” and mine are vastly different. I’m a heat wimp. Actually, it’s but one of the many wonderful things about lupus. 
I know you’ve told us before, but did you grow up in Florida?
That’s so great! And now we know how Mary Poppins stayed serene.
That sounds like a great way to order 150 copies of Dancing with Jesus. (Yes, a real book.)
MetalMouse, when will you get the results? A nd MRI’s are ridiculously noisy.
Holy frick. I can’t keep up with this thread! And now I have to go.
You might be surprised. I would have had I overheard. Back when my library still had overdue fines I used to pay off fines so a kid standing at the check out could go home with the books so eagerly clutched in his or her hand. A couple dollars is nothing to have stand between a reader and their book(or stitching pattern!).
ETA: I goofed up the quoting, please forgive me. Hopefully you can figure out what’s mine. I plead brain fatigue. I spent 90 minutes at my local library teaching my refugee literacy class. You haven’t lived til you try to explain the Juneteenth holiday to a 20 year fresh from the Ukraine. In small words. First of course you have explain slavery and the Civil War and US Army generals making proclamations in the Texas Territory before you can even get to Juneteenth, much less the Fourth of July. She was a good sport about it and I used lots of historical pictures.
It was very hot today. The next few days will be hotter.
I went out to a store today and got some items I needed. Well, I guess the cookies weren’t technically “needed”, but hey, cookies!
I’ve been working on music arrangements lately, as usual.
Oh, everyone knows what car I drive. It’s the slow one that keeps flashing the brakes all the time, LOL!
But you are right about small towns and our home is famous. The reason it is stone and brick is because the husband backed his RV through a bedroom wall. Very exciting for a small town, especially because it took a few days to get the RV pulled out.
We love you. It is all fine. OMG, what a wonderful and confusing but patient thing you did. Thank you so much for doing that, we need our new citizens to feel valued.
Cookies are ALWAYS needed.
I’m glad you are back, how are you doing?
Evening all. Dinner was provided by Culver’s tonight, I do love their crinkle-cut fries, and has been assimilated. Still 87F outside at 7pm, so activity will be limited. Did do my 1.5 miles of swimming and picked up some dry cleaning, so been semi-responsible. Scale at the gym says I am at 218.2, a gain of about 1.4 lbs. from last week, guess despite all the refereeing I over-snacked at night there (stopping at 5 guys didn’t help the old calorie counter either). But still below my goal of 220lbs and if I’m still there after my vacation I’ll be happy.
Another reason why I will never own a cat.
Hmmm, interesting. There was pretty much constant sound, seeming to come from different areas and with lots of different tones/timbres. Perhaps it was because they were doing it for my hearing and this was to stimulate things or something like that. Anyway it is done and the folks there were most professional and nice about explaining things. Oh, and JtC..
They had me protected.
Same here, they needed a couple of adjustments since I cannot lay my head flat when I am lying on my back.
Tride (according to a quick google, the word was used for a strong and swift horse, so we can work with that to develop your MMP name), great pic of the pup. Been through Montana once, no plans to make it twice, but enjoy it as your will.
FCM, is your Mom still traveling these days? Getting words out of my brother on a phone call is like pulling teeth, so families be weird.
Coppertone, happy reading.
Oopsie, glad to have you back. Sounds like you’ve taken several major decisions and have some changes in your life. Hope the Cute Fellow follows through.
Sari , Sah-son has a girlfriend? She definitely needs to be on his case about getting his driving license. And hope Misui keeps doing better. I eat either two apples or two bananas a day, that’s plenty for me.
BBBoo, that’s quite a history with your cars. Never had one totaled (well, not yet) and outside of being shaken up my accidents caused no human harm (the cars were dented, however). I drive a Dodge Durango, so as long as I avoid 18-wheelers, I don’t think I’ll get crushed (but not planning on testing that anytime soon…). And I think I’d like to sit in your ESL class someday, you do such wonderful things.
Wheelie, safe trip to Illinois. Will be there (Chi-town) in a couple of weeks.
VanGO, take care and committees are where the minutes are kept and the hours are lost. They’ll get to you…eventually.
JtC, sounds like Hubs is settling down, good for getting ready for the long trip ahead. Hope you can get your library card soon. And hope you get to meet your anonymous donor so you can return the favor sometime.
nellie, hooray on the positive eye test!
Apologies for anyone I missed, you folks talk a lot and I find it all interesting, but have only so many brain cell available to answer you. Take care all and I’ll see you on 2sDay.
For a bit I had cat games on my I pad. Only stretch liked them.
Do they have dog games… looking…they do!
Stretch and I would play one with fish. I always wanted a koi pond.